diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformation.cpp b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformation.cpp
index 3ad889b7c52fe9feb11beddbadcdcff5c57f14bf..029e8128f4fcb4aa0bdd23ceb997477544167a50 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformation.cpp
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformation.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Prefs_DocumentInformation::Prefs_DocumentInformation(QWidget* parent, ScribusDoc
 	: Prefs_Pane(parent)
 {
 	setupUi(this);
+	scrollArea->viewport()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
+	scrollArea->widget()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
+
 	languageChange();
 
 	m_caption = tr("Document Information");
diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformationbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformationbase.ui
index f649193268ba73da34ad58a1ca9b4648dd515950..4bb66b78f396120d9c5e2a88152dd9dee4f44ed3 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformationbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentinformationbase.ui
@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@
            </rect>
           </property>
           <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+           <property name="leftMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="topMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="rightMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="bottomMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
            <item>
             <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
              <item row="0" column="0">
